Color Kinetics
They started out as a theatrical company, but they're moving into the architectural and consumer market. Pretty cool stuff, and with the pro line, you get a lot of control - either PC based, or from a wall plate with an embedded controller.
-stubbie999
I'm an avid music collector with over 1200 CD's (and growing!). For a long time, I kept them organized alphabetically, in binders, without the jewelcases - and used a 6 disc changer for playback. Even with careful alphabetizing, the addition of new discs (and the corresponding binder shuffle) was a real PITA, and finding a particular disc was cumbersome and slow. I purchased an Audiotron (http://www.audiotron.net/audiotron/producthome.as p) almost a year ago - and I can't tell you how much it has improved my enjoyment of my music collection.
Several key points: 1) I can find, access and play any song in my collection in less than 10 seconds, from my couch, with a remote; 2) I can easily (3 button presses) create a playlist by genre, artist, album, or any combination of the above; 3) Since the storage is external to the Audiotron, I can easily, and cheaply, expand my storage capacity; 4) Turtlebeach has one of the *best* support mailinglists, and consistantly responds to user and developer requests.
Yes, there is the initial overhead of ripping a pre-exisiting collection; but after that point the system more or less maintains itself.
Yes, people will complain about the quality of compressed audio - but hey, even on my Atlantic Technologies speakers, 256Kbps is fine for my casual listening, and I keep my Opera and Classical discs accessible for when I want the pristine experience.
And before folks say 'but you could just build a cheap box and put it next to your stereo' - yes you could, but the Audiotron is fanless, remote control accessible, and comes in a pretty 1U package.
It's the best audio purchase I've made in years, and no, I don't work for Turtle beach!
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If it works, I thank you heartily!
Color Kinetics
They started out as a theatrical company, but they're moving into the architectural and consumer market. Pretty cool stuff, and with the pro line, you get a lot of control - either PC based, or from a wall plate with an embedded controller. -stubbie999
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-stubbie
I'm an avid music collector with over 1200 CD's (and growing!). For a long time, I kept them organized alphabetically, in binders, without the jewelcases - and used a 6 disc changer for playback. Even with careful alphabetizing, the addition of new discs (and the corresponding binder shuffle) was a real PITA, and finding a particular disc was cumbersome and slow. I purchased an Audiotron (http://www.audiotron.net/audiotron/producthome.as p) almost a year ago - and I can't tell you how much it has improved my enjoyment of my music collection.
Several key points:
1) I can find, access and play any song in my collection in less than 10 seconds, from my couch, with a remote;
2) I can easily (3 button presses) create a playlist by genre, artist, album, or any combination of the above;
3) Since the storage is external to the Audiotron, I can easily, and cheaply, expand my storage capacity;
4) Turtlebeach has one of the *best* support mailinglists, and consistantly responds to user and developer requests.
Yes, there is the initial overhead of ripping a pre-exisiting collection; but after that point the system more or less maintains itself.
Yes, people will complain about the quality of compressed audio - but hey, even on my Atlantic Technologies speakers, 256Kbps is fine for my casual listening, and I keep my Opera and Classical discs accessible for when I want the pristine experience.
And before folks say 'but you could just build a cheap box and put it next to your stereo' - yes you could, but the Audiotron is fanless, remote control accessible, and comes in a pretty 1U package.
It's the best audio purchase I've made in years, and no, I don't work for Turtle beach!
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stubbie